Construing

The carpenter was construing a bookshelf for the library.

I am construing from your silence that you don't want to go out.

He was construing the map to find the shortest route to his destination.

The audience was construing the speaker's message in different ways.

He is construing her words as a challenge to his authority.

The carpenter is skilled in construing furniture out of wood.

Her construing of his words led to a misunderstanding.